Today's celebrity birthdays: June 19, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Phylicia Rashad, Kathleen Turner, and Paula Abdul! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 19, 2026:
Actress Phylicia Rashad (1948) became one of TV's all-time moms as Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" and grabbed a Tony for "A Raisin in the Sun." She's turned up in the "Creed" movies and ran Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts as its founding dean.
Singer Ann Wilson (1950) is the powerhouse voice behind Heart's "Barracuda," "Crazy on You," and "Alone," and she's helped the band move more than 35 million albums. She made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and got back to touring in 2025.
Actress Kathleen Turner (1954) turned heads in "Body Heat" and "Romancing the Stone" and picked up an Oscar nomination for "Peggy Sue Got Married." That unmistakable husky voice belongs to Jessica Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and she later popped up on Netflix's "The Kominsky Method."
Singer-dancer Paula Abdul (1962) went from Laker Girl to pop stardom with four No. 1 hits off "Forever Your Girl," including "Straight Up" and "Cold Hearted." She's got Emmys for choreography and a Grammy for the "Opposites Attract" video, and she landed an original judge's chair on "American Idol."
Actress Zoe Saldaña (1978) has gone blue as Neytiri in "Avatar," green as Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy," and aboard the Enterprise as Uhura in "Star Trek." She finally won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Emilia Pérez" and suited back up as Neytiri in "Avatar: Fire and Ash."
Actor Paul Dano (1984) broke out as the teen who refuses to speak in "Little Miss Sunshine" and creeped audiences out in "There Will Be Blood." He reinvented the Riddler in "The Batman" and played the dad in "The Fabelmans."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Singer Spanky McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang (1942), Author Salman Rushdie (1947), Keyboardist Larry Dunn of Earth, Wind & Fire (1953), Singer Doug Stone (1956), Singer Mark "Marty" DeBarge of DeBarge (1959), Politician Boris Johnson (1964), Singer-guitarist Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe (1964), Actor-filmmaker Andy Lauer (1965), Actor Samuel West (1966), Actress Mia Sara (1967), Broadcaster Lara Spencer (1969), Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch of Korn (1970), Actor Jean Dujardin (1972), Actress Robin Tunney (1972), Actress Poppy Montgomery (1972), Actor Bumper Robinson (1974), Actor Hugh Dancy (1975), Singer-banjoist Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers (1976), Actor Ryan Hurst (1976), Basketball player Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Actor Neil Brown Jr. (1980), Actress Lauren Lee Smith (1980), Rapper Macklemore (1983), Actor Aidan Turner (1983), Baseball player Jacob deGrom (1988), Actor Giacomo Gianniotti (1989), Voice actress Ashly Burch (1990), Rapper KSI (1993), Actor Atticus Shaffer (1998), Actress Millie Gibson (2004)
